Definitions for ardebs

ardebs ar·deb

Spelling: [ahr-deb]
IPA: /ˈɑr dɛb/

Ardebs is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 177 anagrams from letters in ardebs (abders).

Definitions for ardebs

noun

  1. a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.

Origin of ardebs

1860-65; dialectal Arabic ardabb ≪ Aramaic 'rdb, perhaps Old Persian; compare Egyptian Demotic 'rtb, late Akkadian ardabu, Elamite irtiba, Syriac 'arṭba, Greek artábē, Arabic 'irdabb ≪ Aramai

Examples for ardebs

It was fortunate that the Negus had posted on his left wing the troops that had learnt our mode of fighting at ardeb.

The monthly pay of the mulazemin consists of half a Dervish dollar, and, every fortnight, one-eighth of an ardeb of dhurra.

In Dongola and Berber the price of dhurra rose to one hundred dollars an ardeb.

Every horse-owner is entitled to half an ardeb of dhurra from the beit el mal.

The commonest food, known as "dokhn" (a kind of millet) rose to 150 dollars, and eventually to 500 dollars the ardeb.

Word Value for ardebs
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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